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HAY RACK.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

(No Model.)

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HENRY MOOALMON-T PRATIIER, OF NEV IVILMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE E. PRATIIER, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nt. 470,145, dated March 1, 1892. Application led September 17, 1891. Serial No. 405,998. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MCCALMONT PRATHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Wilmington, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference bei-ng had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thcreon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hay-racks.

The object of the invention is to provide a' hay-rack with a wagon-body of improved construction which is adapted to be attached to the runnin g-gear of an ordinary farm-wagon; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully `set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan View of a wagon-body or hay-rack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing a portion of one of the side beams with fixtures applied thereto.

A A designate the longitudinal side beams of the frame, which are provided on their under sides near their forward ends with blocks a a, which are secured thereto by U -shaped bolts, the upper ends of which are formed into eyes to receive suitable transverse bolts. The under side of each block is recessed to receive the frontbolster of the vehicle, said bolster being usually of less height than the rear bolster. The side beams are each provided with four or more castings B, which are secured to the inner sides thereof by screws or bolts, as shown, and these castings are centrally apertured, as shown at b, for the passage of a hook c, for the purpose to be hereinafter set forth. These castings each have two sockets h,within which the ends of transverse beams C rest,

said beams being connected to each other centrally by plates d and near their ends by pins d', with which the eyesforlned on the ends of the bolts c engage, the opposite ends of said boltsbeingscrew-threadedandpassed through the fixtures B and side beams to be engaged by a nut for rigidly connecting the parts to each other. The front and rear transverse beams have pivotally connected thereto uprights or ladders E and F, which are also connected to the side beams by suitable chains or flexible connections, said uprights or ladders being adapted to receive the binding-pole.

G designates the side frames, which are constructed as shown and provided on their under sides with notches g, adapted to lie over the upper edges of the side beams A, while the inner ends abut against each other and lie under the transverse plates d and between the transverse beams C O.

By the means herein described I provide a cheap and efficient hay-rack which can be readily made and applied to wagons of ordinary construction, and the parts are so organized that when desired they can be separated and stored away to occupy but little space. The clamping-bolts o provide means whereby shrinkage can be taken up and the parts at all times secured snugly to each other to provide a rigid base.

Having thus described nq y invention, I claim- 1. In a hay-rack or wagon-body, the combination of the side beams A, provided with castings B, having two sockets and a central aperture between said sockets, and transverse beams O O, connected to each other by transverse pins, the ends of said transverse beams being adapted to enter the sockets, together with clamping-bolts c, having eyes through which the pin d passes, so as to provide means for connecting the transverse beams and side beams, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wagon-body or hay-rack, the combination of the longitudinal beams A, provided on their inner sides with castings B, having sockets b and central apertures, parallel transverse beams O C, connected to each other and provided with transverse pins d', with which ment with the central plate d, for the purpose -eyebolts engage, saideyebolts passing through set forth.

the castings and longitudinal beams, central In testimony whereof I affix my signatmein plates (Z, secured to the upper sides of the presence of two Witnesses.

5 transverse beams C C, and frames Gr, having HENRY MCCALMONT lRA'lHER.

bars which are adapted to rest upon the 1on- Witnesses: gitudinal beams when their' inner ends are be- CHAS. E. MEHARI),

tween the transverse beams and in engage- XV. R. THOMPSON. 

